There’s a new PreGame Lobby episode up – LOL 5 answers a bunch of watcher questions. Thanks to The Handmade Hero for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 14:25:01 UTC)

Nomis78 posted a bunch of new panoramas – they’re all nice, but the last one is really pretty amazing. Go look!(Louis Wu 14:23:19 UTC)

Got an iTouch or an iPhone? Play pro Halo (or just want to keep track of spawn times)? Taylor Helsper has made a $0.99 iPhone App for timing Halo 3 respawns.(Louis Wu 13:48:16 UTC)

Mindless Distortion Productions (the guys working on the Gray Team Transmissions) have taken the KEEP IT CLEAN transcript (posted last week on B.net) and turned it into a pretty cool little video; you can watch a streaming version on YouTube, or you can download a higher-res version from us – WMP9 version, 50 mb, or QuickTime version, 24.6 mb. (They originally hosted a copy at MediaFire – that would have lasted for just a few of you.) Check it out! Thanks, Marc Swint. (Louis Wu 12:01:04 UTC)

Halo 2009: Heroic Collection, from McFarlane Littlebigman noticed news of some new action figures coming from McFarlane next year, and InnerRayg found a better link with more pictures. I’m looking forward to that Hunter!(Louis Wu 11:59:07 UTC)

Simon H let us know that the Halo Wars website has been updated – the Field Manual now includes info on the Flamethrower (scroll down to the bottom if that link doesn’t bring you right to it), and some new concept art of the Wolverine (also linked in the ‘Screenshots’ section).(Louis Wu 11:07:36 UTC)

Jake108 clued us in to Teabag Prevention #21 – the team is here to help you get the most out of your Gravity Hammer and Sword. Go read, and tone up your mincing and chopping skills!(Louis Wu 10:42:16 UTC)

The Bungie Weekly Update was released on schedule last night, and inside you’ll find a summary of the upcoming changes to the fileshare functionality of Bungie.net (good stuff on the way!), some details about the Title Update that went live this week, and a great set of reminiscences from the Bungie team about high points in the Halo 3 development cycle for each of them. You can, as always, read it in our Weekly Update Archive. Congratulations, Halo 3 – you’re a year old now! Is it time to start practicing for your driver’s license?(Louis Wu 10:02:29 UTC)

Took us a while (well, okay, mostly me), but the winners of the Take Our Stuff contest have now been posted. Winners will be contacted privately for mailing addresses, so that they can get their goodies – and in some cases, they’ll be required to prove that the content they posted is actually theirs. That part is just administration, though – for now, go browse the collections! (Huge thanks are due Bungie’s SketchFactor, who really went out of his way to make this whole thing work.)(Louis Wu 19:37:53 UTC)

MLGPro.com has posted the 10th MLG/ESPN Top Ten, with some pretty fun clips – thanks, BladedExpert. (The floater on Narrows was freaky.)(Louis Wu 15:21:22 UTC)

The Handmade Hero stopped by with a link for his second player portrait showcase – 25 more images that capture the essence of their subjects’ Halo 3 personas. Check it out!(Louis Wu 15:17:40 UTC)

Ross “I’m going to beat c0ld vengeance at the news game” Mills pointed out a couple of nice Halo art pieces – Kotaku ran a shot of a store display from a record shop near one of the editors – it’s a hand-inked piece by a local artist who also did this. Nice work!(Louis Wu 14:01:38 UTC)

Ross “new Bungie teasers always make me hot” Mills has been scouring the web for Halo news; he found an interesting piece at gamesindustry.biz in which Bungie’s Marty O’Donnell discusses the negative effect that the pre-owned games market has on games development. He acknowledges that it’s hard to gripe when your game (say, Halo 3) sells millions of copies – but for smaller studios, the loss of revenue to the pre-owned market can mean the difference between success and failure. He hopes that alternative delivery methods can be developed that benefit everyone (well, he’s not too worried about the middle man).(Louis Wu 13:57:21 UTC)

It’s Friday, so it’s time for fun over at Hawty McBloggy’s – this week it’s Caption Fun, Round 19. The last one was a month ago – you can see responses from that one, plus a new picture that needs your captioning help. Go play!(Louis Wu 13:15:36 UTC)

Inside Halo 22 has been posted – there’s a tribute to lost playlists, some mostly interesting top plays, and general oddness. Thanks, Aang Avatar.(Louis Wu 13:11:55 UTC)